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@thezenoftrueart.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:28 PM

Romare Bearden, "Girl in the Garden," lithograph, 1979; photo: Swann Galleries. #art #arte #romarebearden #blackhistory #blackculture #africanheritage #africanamerican #litho #lithograph #printmaking #printart #mixedmedia #modernart #museum #artgallery

@worldofartbysue.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 4:40 PM

September's theme: Labor
ROMARE BEARDEN (1911 - 1986), “Factory Workers”, 1942. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, US.
This is an early piece by Romare Bearden, who had participated in his first public exhibit just two years earlier in 1940.
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This is an early piece by Romare Bearden, who had participated in his first public exhibit just two years earlier in 1940. Even at this early stage, he displayed a confident use of color and an interest and activism regarding Civil Rights, interests that remained throughout his life. “Factory Workers” was made to accompany an article in the June 1942 issue of Fortune magazine. The article, entitled “The Negro’s War”, advocated for full social and financial integration in the US workforce. In “Factory Workers”, Bearden portrayed African-American men who have been denied jobs at a steel mill due to their race. The artist used water-soluble pigments on brown paper for this depiction; the medium produces clear, vibrant colors that Bearden applied in large swaths without adding a lot of extraneous detail. As he continued to mature as an artist, Bearden moved into greater abstraction with his presentation; in the 1950s, he mastered compositions using collage and photo-montage techniques. Bearden, as a child, had been part of the Great Migration of African-Americans moving from southern states (his family moved from North Carolina) to northern states (the Beardens settled in New York City) in search of greater opportunity and less racial oppression. He continued his family’s quest for social justice in Harlem, where he was a founder and integral part of Spiral (a collective for African-American artists), established Cinque Gallery (for emerging African-American artists) and became a founding member of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (to promote African-American cultural achievement).